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High Noon Urchins
Today’s theme: How embarrassing… Sarah Laura Super Happy Fun Time Deluxe Recorder Rory Margaret Anonymous Angeleno Geo Next week’s theme: Growing Pains Let us know where you’ll be at high noon!
Made in Detroit
The following is an excerpt from Paul Clemens’s wonderful new book Punching Out: One Year in a Closing Auto Plant. Here he attends a parts auction, as equipment from the now-closed ThyssenKrupp Budd plant is sold to other plants around … Continue reading
Posted in Geo, Literature, Politics & Global Issues
Tagged america, auto plants, books, cars, detroit, letourneau, money, nonfiction, Paul Clemens, punching out
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People We Met on the Way, Part Two
By Louisa Dunnigan [Louisa continues her journey to Morocco. Read the first half of her trip here!] Dorel Service station on the A4 – Another service station further down the A4 Dorel is driving a huge white truck with rainbows … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Urchins, Travel
Tagged a4, camping, cars, dire straits, drivers, Europe, hitchhiking, louisa dunnigan, morocco, road trip, spain, tobacco, truck drivers
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People We Met on the Way, Part One
By Louisa Dunnigan [The Guest Urchin series continues on as strongly as it started. Louisa Dunnigan is from London, attends Oxford, and has been living in Edinburgh for the summer. I met Louisa while working at the same bookshoppe in … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Urchins, Travel
Tagged cars, drivers, driving, Europe, France, hitchhiking, london, louisa dunnigan, morocco, road trip, spain, tobacco, truck driving
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Congratulations, America
You win. Happy 4th of July weekend, everyone.
Posted in Film & Television, Holidays, Sarah
Tagged america, cars, dodge challenger commercial, fourth of july, freedom
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Adverts Think You’re Stupid – Don’t Prove Their Point
By Geo Ong Despite my cuffed skinny jeans, asymmetrical haircut, and wiry vegan body, I don’t hate sport. Well, I don’t hate all sport. I can challenge a lot of people for the title of Diehard NBA Fan, believe it … Continue reading
Posted in Film & Television, Geo
Tagged advertising, advertising agencies, basketball, beer, cars, commercials, eekonomy, fcc, federal communications commission, food, judd apatow, kentucky fried chicken, kfc, miller lite, money, nba, numbers, recession, ronald reagan, sexism, sport, stereotypes, television
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